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Romeo & Juliet
I’m substitute teaching for a drama department today, and the acting classes are watching the 2013 version of Romeo & Juliet. I brought a bunch of perfume samples to school and was trying to match the vibe- “Spiky Muse” jumped out at me for the name. I ordered it forever ago and had long forgotten the notes, but it really does give an ivy-clad, star-crossed, Shakespearean romance! It’s aristocratic, but not “old”… it’s floral like a courtyard, a little damp like the cobblestones, a little “spiky” like the thorns of a rosebush (must be the pink pepper- and rose, of course). I find it more spicy than fruity in the opening, a bit green even- not very sweet at all compared to the jammy rose perfumes- and the woody dry-down is very pleasant and warming. I applied with a dabber, but I’m getting a strong personal projection to my own nose, and a neighboring student said she could smell it a few minutes after application, but she doesn’t seem offended by it! If you are going for the Juliet Capulet vibe, this might just be it.